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HEPATOLOGY, VOLUME 62, NUMBER 1 (SUPPL) AASLD ABSTRACTS 359A<br />

288<br />

Acute kidney injury in cirrhotic patients undergoing contrast-enhanced<br />

computed tomography<br />

Roberto Filomia 1 , Sergio Maimone 1 , Carlo Saitta 1 , Luca Visconti 5 ,<br />

Simona Caloggero 4 , Antonio Bottari 4 , Alessia Pitrone 4 , Angela<br />

Alibrandi 3 , Irene Cacciola 1 , Gaia Caccamo 1 , Domenica Vadalà 1 ,<br />

Carmine G. Gambino 1 , Maria Stella Franzè 1 , Giovanni Raimondo<br />

1 , Giovanni Squadrito 1,2 ; 1 Clinical and Molecular Hepatology,<br />

University Messina, Messina, Italy; 2 Human Pathology,<br />

University of Messina, Messina, Italy; 3 Department of Economical,<br />

Business and Environmental Sciences and Quantitative Methods,<br />

Univeristy of Messina, Messina, Italy; 4 Department of Biomedical<br />

Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of<br />

Messina, Messina, Italy; 5 Internal Medicine, Unit Of Nephrology,<br />

Messina, Italy<br />

Introduction: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI)<br />

following intravenous contrast medium administration is one<br />

of the most common causes of hospital-acquired acute kidney<br />

damage. Aim: To investigate the incidence and possible<br />

predisposing factors of CI-AKI in cirrhotic patients undergoing<br />

contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT). Patients<br />

and Methods: We analysed 393 consecutively hospitalized<br />

cirrhotic patients none of whom had active bacterial infection,<br />

glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

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